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How to speed up Windows 10

How to speed up Windows 10 and make your PC work faster? The problem of low performance will never disappear. New operating systems emerge, laptops and desktops get old, a lot of malware attacks from the Internet and besides that users are able to slow down their machines by themselves. There are a lot of factors that are able to affect system performance and stability. And here are our tips on how to speed up Windows 10 on a desktop or a laptop.

Upgrade your hardware

If you want Windows 10 to work fast, it is strongly recommended to have:

at least 4GB of RAM. I think 8GB of RAM would not be too much.

SSD instead of HDD. The thing is Windows 10 is designed to work with SSD. Forget about classic HDD.

Disablе visual effects to speed up Windows 10

Press Win+R

type sysdm.cpl

press Enter

go to Advanced tab

press Settings

Make sure to disable Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing. The more flags you uncheck – the faster your PC will work. It is also recommended to disable shadows, fading and sliding effects:

Disable transparency

Right-click the desktop.
Select Personalize:

Click on Colors.
Set Make start, taskbar and action center transparent switch to Off: